Our Mission

To offer training, resources, programs and services which provide the blind and visually impaired with access to the same opportunities and quality of life available to everyone around them.

El Paso Lighthouse for the Blind Profile

• Established in 1934 at the request of the Texas State Commission for the Blind.
    
• Programs and services primarily funded by private contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, and by fees for service.
    
• Serves individuals in El Paso County and the following Southwest Texas counties: Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis and Presidio. Also, individuals from Southern New Mexico and Northern Mexico.
    
• Works with people of all ages and specializes in working with people with age-related vision loss through the Brown-McAfee-Smith Elderly Blind Program.
    
• Services provided at our facility: Low Vision Clinic, Ocular Services Clinic, Rehabilitation services, McKee Foundation Assistive Technology Center, Radio Reading Service, Fred T. Hervey Library, and Resource Center.
    
• In-home training provided: Independent Living Skills, Orientation and Mobility.
    
• Providing employment opportunities at the Lighthouse and in mainstream jobs.
    
• Educating sighted people to new concepts concerning vision loss.

Board of Directors

Craig Hays - President
Lea Cochran - Vice President
Ruben Hernandez - Immediate Past President
Lola Dawkins, PhD - Secretary
Walter Austin, PhD
Joseph Chavez
Patrick Fox
Jerry Harris
Patrick Porter
Gene Wolf
Helen Yancey

Please contact us for more information.

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